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It is sort of funny how any anti-natalist political position will get outbred out of existence haha. Reminds me of the Shakers who kind of died off because thei
by snapcaster 4y ago
It is sort of funny how any anti-natalist political position will get outbred out of existence haha. Reminds me of the Shakers who kind of died off because their belief system prevented procreation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakers
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoIf that were true, birth rates wouldn't be declining in so many places. Any rational assessment would realize the correlation has nothing at all to do with genetics.
- snapcaster 4y agoI wasn't blaming people's attitudes for the birth rate, just making observation about how any anti-natalist memes are likely fighting an uphill battle to propagate compared to memes that will get passed from parent to child
- dang 4y agoSimilarly, there are religions that don't proselytize - like the fascinating Oahspe religion, which has about a dozen "Faithists" left, who meet on Skype. Orphan Utopia: John Ballou Newbrough’s desert colony (2017) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27175739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27175739 - May 2021 (2 comments)